A photograph of Meg, a short-haired white person with pink glasses, sitting in her artist studio. Her tattoos are visible through a voluminous white blouse.

Who is Meg?

I’m an artist, audio describer and access coordinator.

I’m a painter and drawer, and have worked across other media including bookbinding, embroidery and glassblowing. I have been exhibiting since 2009 and have been artist-in-residence in Hrisey, Iceland, as well as working in group studios including Holy Rollers, the Mill and Fontanelle.

I’m disabled and autistic, and this informs how I work and how I feel about the world. In my day job, I work with galleries and museums to make them more accessible.

Please have a look around at some of my artwork, and see here for more information about my access work.

I paint emotional nudes and portraits, and work on commission. If you’d like a portrait, please get in touch by emailing meg.riley.art@gmail.com.

If you’d like to see a range of print on demand stickers and silly little drawings that I make, I also have a Redbubble.

See below for my artist CV with all my exhibitions, grants, publications, etc.

A painting of a woman sitting sideways in a chair, seen from the back. She is naked, tattooed and freckled.

Meg Riley

Formerly exhibiting as Margaret/Meg Lloyd


Residencies, Grants, Awards and Scholarships

2016: Cabin No. 1 Artist in Residence, Format, Adelaide

2014: Gamli Skoli Artist in Residence, Hrisey, Iceland

2013: Regular Grant, Helpmann Academy

2012: Project and Development Grant, Carclew Youth Arts

2007-2010: Smith Family Tertiary Education Scholarship (Visual Art)

Education 

2015: Cert IV in Small Business Management, Mission Providence and TAFE SA

2013: Master of Teaching (Visual Art and English as a Second Language), University of South Australia

2010: Bachelor of Visual Art (Honours), University of South Australia

2009: Bachelor of Visual Art (Drawing), University of South Australia

Solo Exhibitions

2021: Stretching and Seated, Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide

2015: Eg skil ekki, or I don’t understand, FELTSpace, Adelaide

2013: Carpet, Mechanical Gallery, Adelaide

2012: Steps & Bones, the Reading Room, Adelaide

2009: Jpeg Girls: Drawings and a Zine by Margaret Lloyd, Format Zine Store, Adelaide


Selected Group Exhibitions

2021: Wish you were here, Adelaide Central School of Art, Adelaide

2020: Simple forms, 55ml, Adelaide

2019: Rescued, Swedish Tarts, Adelaide

2018: ATLAS, Signal Point Gallery, Victor Harbour

2018: Girls. Women. Babes, Two Sparrows, Adelaide

2017: Art Auction + Fundraiser, The Mill, Adelaide

2017: ATLAS, Murray Bridge Regional Gallery, Murray Bridge

2017: Linden Postcard Show, Linden New Art, Melbourne

2016: FELTSpace Fundraising Auction, FELTSpace, Adelaide

2016: Vacant, The Mill, Adelaide

2016: Close to Home, Adelaide Town Hall

2015: Linden Postcard Show, Linden New Art, Melbourne

2015: Keep, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide

2015: Union Street Printmaker’s SALA Show, Union Street Printmakers, Adelaide

2014: Wild Places, Pony Time (Format), Adelaide

2014: Pond Scum, SoundPond, Adelaide

2013: now you see me, Carclew, Adelaide

2013: FELTSpace Fundraiser, FELTSpace, Adelaide

2013: Salon de Mechanique, Mechanical Gallery, Adelaide

2013: Beyonce is a Feminist, Fontanelle Gallery, Adelaide

2013: Espionage Gallery Two Year Anniversary Show, Espionage Gallery, Adelaide

2012: The Exercise and Motivation Show, Format, Adelaide

2012: Fontanelle Print Show, Fontanelle, Adelaide

2012: 4x4-4, the Academy, Adelaide

2012: A Curious Creature, Urban Cow, Adelaide

2011: They Won't Stay Dead, Espionage Gallery, Adelaide

2011: 100 Bucks and Running, Paper String Plastic, Adelaide

2011: Shaw Hendry’s Ultimate Simpsons Show, Light Square Gallery, Adelaide

2010: 2% Animal Show, Magazine Gallery, Adelaide

2010: Sticks, Stones, Broken Bones: 2010 Bachelor of Visual Art (Honours) Graduate Exhibition, SASA Gallery, Adelaide

2010: Show Your Working Out, Format, Adelaide (Curator)


Publications and Broadcasts

2018 Vision Australia, interview with Peter Greco about describing ACE Open exhibitions

2016: City Messenger, November 9, 2016, pg 3, “Curious Creatures Unleashed”

2013: Samantha Prendergast, An Interview With Meg, Dear Eleanor

2012: Stephanie Lyall, Margaret Lloyd, ‘Steps & Bones’, Five Thousand Adelaide

2012: Featured artist on Streetcast on Radio Adelaide, 101.5fm

2009-2011: Illustrator and featured artist, On Dit (several issues), published by the Adelaide University Union 

2007: Featured artist, Longitudinal Surveys of Australian Youth Calendar, published by the Australian Council for Educational Research